St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-26
ANTE LUCEMs ADVICE.
He Chats of the Virtues of the
Travelling Man.


Travelling Man.
The GLOBE in its SalutatOTy remarks
last week gave US some good advice
which no doubt will be needed, at least
by all contributors. To become better
acquainted with each other. and withal
good natured, are surely two things
wcrth doing. and well doing. | once
heard 4 Milwaukee railway official say:
Take the travelling men as class up
one side and down the ether, and they
are about as good lot of fellows as can
be found. In fact, considering their
surroundings. it would be hard to find
their equal. let alone their
superior" Now L Just applauded
that mans opinion, and more heartily
as it was earnestly given with no idea
of cOurting favor. We we want to be
good. honest and Just, and are as nearly
so as the Lord will permit US TO be.
We all like reasonable fun and amuSe-
ment, and there are, perhaps, none
among US who cannot give or take d
joke, and get as much real live fun out
of it as any one.
However, we live so much above all
criticism for personal action, that, for
one, l should say Rufas' fears are
groundlesS. l will speak for the ma
jority, but he Rufas) may have good
grounds for suspicion. Should any
thing out of character be brought to
my attention it will not be ventilated.
seek no news of that character. My
limited thought runs not in such chan
nelS. Take Il trip with me for a week
and watch the commercial travellers you
meet during that time and yOu will find
that from early dawn of Monday morn
ing until the lingering hours of Satur-
day night it is all work, work. He is
on the alert all the time, hustling for
trade, trains, etc., customers TO see,
samples to show, orders to book, copy
and forward to his house business let
terS to write, and those with families,
letters to dear ones at home. Those
without families have mothers, fathers,
sisters, brothers and sweethearts to
whom an occasional letter
Is ALWAYS WELCOME
and looked for. On Sunday. the day of
rest, his mind is busted with the plans
for the coming week, for his work must
be laid out and SyStematlZed, or the
great object (Success) which constantly
Stares him in the face will fall flat. 1t
is hGrly-burly life, with many un-
pleasant features. OF course. there are
some pleasant ones, and when we meet
with them we make the most OF them as
lUG SIicG vi Il 1llC. W Z dlC
not all perfection. l never expect TO
see that perfect man, and do not want
to. | have met a great many CONNER
cial travellers, but never saw one as yet
who claimed he could justly hold st.
Peters keys, or even wanted 10. Per-
hapS many of the boys could tell of little
things like the following which would
provoke pleasant laugh: Some time
since myself and William GersOn were
coming in over the Minneapolis Il St.
Louis road and getting off at Norwood
Situated at the junction of the Hastings
d Dakota division of the Milwaukee and
above named road were followed by
gentleman with a sample cigar case.
Asking how far it was up town, how TO
get up. etc, he was informed there was
no compulsory law in that country, and
he could walk up or ride up Oh the dray
as he saw fit. His inclinatiOnS led dray
ward, and. jumping on, we were soon
climbing the hill towards town. The
gentleman, whom | will call Cigars. be
gan to ask about the town, size. trading
prOclivities, etc, getting in return the
best information we could give. As we
got into town our friend of the case, who
was casting about for signs, suddenly
broke out. '.Why! Great Scott. was in
this town and worked it day before yes
terday,' and, as we began to laugh, he
said, Boys, don't say a word but
smoke" The finest stock in hand was
dealt Out, and Cigars" had learned that
Norwood on the Hastings d Dakota and
Norwood on the st. Louis were one and
the same town.
Scottie, it is a long time since did
the light fantastic, and l have turned it
over to younger men. 1t would, no
doubt, be a good thing. serving TO draw
the bonds of friendship. We meet so
seldom upon the road, and too often it
is mere passing handShake, that fire.
Quent gatherings in central points
should be encouraged in order to fra
terniZe more. Of course | say on with
the dance, and if it is conSummated,
will try to take a hand. Do not care
about holding four queens, though.
PERSONAL MENTION.
A. d. Hart, st. Paul; Thomas A.
Davis, New York, appeared upon the
hotel register of the TryOn, Austin.
Mimi, the 22d. Not that there is so
mentioned have seen much of life. Hart
was at one time correspondent for the
illustratedpaperS,H Harper'S and LeSlie'S.
and spent two or more years i'll Mexico
and South America. Davis, although
young man. is a veteran in the show
business, having been connected with
Barnum, Forepaugh and various travel
ing combinations. 1t was Davis who
secured the sacred white elephant. the
congress of nations and various other
fakes of the great humbug, Phin-
meas Il. Davis has travelled over
European and ASiatic countries. He is
good conversatlonalist. and many of
his stories are vamped with good deal
of that article which Barnum calls
humbug. Mr.. d. is now part owner
and advance agent of the combination
travelling under the nom de plume,
"Human Nature"
William Wilcox, Philadelphia, was
selling bottles, druggists sundrieS,
etc, at Austin and Faribault on the
23d.
p. C. Holland, of Chicago, is trying to
get on the warm side of stove dealers
by selling a few heating stoves.
Mr.. Watson, the Minneapolis spice
man, was warming the inner man with
hot cauopc and Sicb N-rrI7 I J-f,IsAf